Digital Shakti Programme

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 2

National Commission for Women launched the latest version of ‘Digital Shakti’ programme, which was essentially dedicated to teach women to be safe online.

• The latest 4.0 version of its ‘Digital Shakti’ programme, which was essentially dedicated to teach women to be safe online.
• Seeking to empower women digitally, the National Commission for Women (NCW) is expanding the ambit of its cyber-security programme to enable females on using the digital space to enhance their career prospects, and use technology to their advantage.

About Digital Shakti’ programme

• It is a cyber-safety programme, launched by NCW in 2018 essentially to train women fight cyber-crime and to help females use digital space.
• CyberPeace Foundation is partnering with the NCW and Meta to implement the programme.
• The 4.0 version aims at accelerating the digital participation of women
• To train one million women from schools, colleges and universities apart from housewives to use the digital knowledge responsibly and support them if they have any business ideas for example for start-up
• To upskill and empower women digitally
• Through this project, over 3 lakh women across India have been made aware of the cyber safety tips and tricks, the reporting and redressal mechanisms, data privacy and the usage of technology, for their benefits.